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fabrication techniques

  • A/B expanding foam
  • brick pannels (foam)
  • cardboard armature
  • casting with urethane plastic
  • cinder block (foam)
  • dyeing fabric
  • expanding foam props
  • expanding foam mother mold
  • foam carving & coating
  • hot wire foam cutting
  • life casting (face)
  • mold (1 part latex)
  • mold - 1 part silicone
  • mold - 2 part plaster
  • mold - plaster plate
  • mother mold - plaster
  • paper mache clay
  • monster mask (latex)
  • plexi bending
  • plexi welding
  • stone effect on foam 1
  • stone effect on foam 2
  • stone masonry technique
  • tree & boulders (foam & concrete)
  • tree trunk effect on foam
  • using mod-podge
  • vacuum forming

Props General

  • armor
  • candles (flameless)
  • casting techniques
  • hot wire
  • money - bills
  • money in briefcase
  • old tools
  • paper (aged)
  • rain machine
  • realistic cigarettes 1
  • rocks & boulders
  • robot arm
  • tombstone
  • tree & boulders (structural)
  • vines

weapons & tools

  • AK-47 (cardboard)
  • axe (2-part urethane foam)
  • cane sword
  • crowbar (rubber)
  • foam hammer
  • hand grenades
  • machine gun
  • old tools (sintra)
  • rayguns 1
  • raygun 2
  • realistic gun options
  • tommy gun
  • weapons (sintra)

Breakables

  • breakable bottles
  • breakable cane
  • breakaway chair
  • breakable glass
  • breakable sword
  • glass smash props
  • rubber glass

blood & body fx

  • arm (stuffed armature)
  • blood recipes
  • bloody face
  • corpsing
  • foam skull
  • innards
  • pregnant belly
  • realistic eyeballs
  • squibs
  • washable blood

Fake Fooding

  • ice cream scoop
  • pie crusts
  • whipped cream

faux finishes, patinas, and upholstry

  • aged bronze
  • ageing metal
  • distressing furniture
  • distressing raw wood
  • faux distressing
  • faux leather
  • faux rust
  • re-paint & upholstry chair
  • rusted iron
  • salting
  • textured-stone faux finish

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